Kingdom Animalia Infraphylum Gnathostomata Suborder Anguilloidei Scientific name Paranguilla tigrina Rank Genus Subclass Neopterygii | Subphylum Vertebrata Superclass Osteichthyes Family Paranguillidae Phylum Chordata Order Eel | |
Similar Eoplatax, Ceratoichthys, Eolactoria, Mene rhombea, Pycnodus | ||
Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda constitute the extinct family Paranguillidae.
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